"We Need To Rewild The Internet"
"We Need To Rewild The Internet"
"We Need To Rewild The Internet"
An absolutely excellent read (and great analogy) by @mariafarrell and @robin Probably the best piece I've read all year.
I often struggle to think of a term for "appearing messy from a distance is often, on a human scale, healthy actually." Comparing the social web to an ecosystem is exactly it.
@JustinH @mariafarrell @fediverse Thank you! Yes — "this chaotic-seeming thing is good, actually" is a tough message :)
@robin @mariafarrell @fediverse Yes! Sometimes people lament the loss of an internet "monoculture" but I see that as an indicator of maturity and health.
Is there anything individual users can do?
@Amphobet Well, I think just participating in the Fediverse is a good start. It's certainly "wild" out here. For example we're not even using the same apps to talk with each other! Imagine Twitter being interoperable with Reddit, and how different and inventive things can be when humans aren't forced into silos.
I'm building a sort of new internet protocol, so that we can do away with registrars and dns servers (so everyone can have their "web site"). But I'm quite abysmal when it comes to get people interested :-p
You're doing what again?! Insert obligatory 15 standards XKCD (edited because you can't link images directly?)
Jokes aside, tell us more!